Sentence examples for patch of rock from inspiring English sources

It's simply impossible to conceive of a creature of that size, and of that fabulousness, deigning to visit us on this very ordinary patch of rock and coral.

— Less than 15 miles from the state capitol, and just down the road from Wild Bubba's Wild Game Grill, Austin's next big thing is rising from a sprawling patch of rock, clay and shrubs.

In La Courneuve, another Paris suburb, Aurel Beadai lives in a cluster of dilapidated white and beige trailers, packed together on a patch of rock and dirt not far from a highway overpass.

Coming ashore, Vogelsang found a blasted patch of rock and sand dunes with no drinking water and only a rough track, barely navigable by ox cart, leading into the interior.

But that transition came into stark relief yesterday as people were taken down a ramp to stand on a dirty patch of rock, corralled behind orange fencing beside what will become a new PATH train station.

Visitors looking down may also discover Brook R. Maher's "Bowling with Hendrick Hudson's Half Moon Crew," 10 bowling balls tiled with shards of pottery and glass and arranged on a patch of rock, while those looking up might spot Maureen McCourt's "POM!

As Nicoll negotiates the steep slope he is forced to dodge numerous fallen competitors and their discarded bikes – and he succeeds until crashing on a patch of rocks.

The bull face-offs in Al Fujayrah, a sleepy city on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates, are one of the cultural holdovers from the time before this patch of rocks and sand jutting into the Persian Gulf became a country in 1971.

A red-and-white metal MF Corporate Services sign, planted into a patch of rocks and cactuses, blew forlornly in the warm breeze.

Jump into the water and swim in a direct line until you see the first patch of rocks.

Apart from a rare few patches of rock, the continent is covered with a blanket of ice averaging nearly 1,500 meters in thickness.